Elevation can affect the amount of sunlight that plants receive, the amount of water that plants can absorb and the nutrients that are available in the soil. As a result, certain plants grow very well in high elevations, whereas others can only grow in middle or lower elevations.
For the virus to reproduce and thereby establish infection, it must enter cells of the host organism and use those cells' materials. A virus must take control of the host cell's replication mechanisms. At this stage a distinction between susceptibility and permissibility of a host cell is made.
